30 Top-Selling Games in Japan: 2012

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From Anime news network (http://www.animenewsnetwork.co.uk/interest/2013-01-26/30-top-selling-games-in-japan/2012)

Rank	System	Title	Maker	Total Copies Sold
1	NDS	Pokémon Black 2/White 2	Pokémon	2,919,977
2	3DS	Tobidase Dōbutsu no Mori/Animal Crossing: New Leaf (Including Bundled Editions)	Nintendo	1,969,955
3	3DS	New Super Mario Bros. 2 (Including Bundled Editions)	Nintendo	1,743,791
4	3DS	Dragon Quest Monsters: Terry's Wonderland 3D (Including Bundled Editions)	Square Enix	919,870
5	PS3	Biohazard 6/Resident Evil 6	CAPCOM	833,012
6	PS3	One Piece: Kaizoku Musō/One Piece: Pirate Warriors (Including Limited and Bundled Editions)	Bandai Namco Games	828,150
7	3DS	Mario Kart 7	Nintendo	748,797
8	3DS	Super Mario 3D Land (Including Bundled Editions)	Nintendo	689,374
9	Wii	Mario Party 9	Nintendo	641,348
10	Wii	Dragon Quest X: Mezameshi Itsutsu no Shuzoku Online (Including Bundled Editions)	Square Enix	609,783
11	3DS	Monster Hunter 3G (Including Bundled Editions)	CAPCOM	602,058
12	PS3	Ryū ga Gotoku 5: Yume Kanaeshi Mono/Yakuza 5 (Including Bundled Editions)	Sega	518,224
13	PS3	Dragon's Dogma	CAPCOM	467,375
14	3DS	Fire Emblem: Awakening	Nintendo	455,268
15	PS3	Tales of Xillia 2 (Including Bundled Editions)	Bandai Namco Games	428,913
16	3DS	Paper Mario: Super Seal/Paper Mario: Sticker Star	Nintendo	402,133
17	PS3	World Soccer: Winning Eleven 2013/Pro Evolution Soccer 2013	Konami	399,340
18	3DS	Pokémon Fushigi no Dungeon: Magnagate to Mugendai Meikyū/Pokémon: Mystery Dungeon: Gates to Infinity	Pokémon	373,699
19	Wii U	New Super Mario Bros. U	Nintendo	369,392
20	Wii	Wii Sports Resort (Wii Remote Plus Pack; Including Bundled Editions)	Nintendo	358,627
21	PSP	Dai-2-ji Super Robot Taisen Z Saisei-Hen	Bandai Namco Games	344,018
22	NDS	Pokémon + Nobunaga's Ambition/Pokémon Conquest	Pokémon	341,250
23	3DS	Taiko no Tatsujin: Chibi Dragon to Fushigi na Orb	Bandai Namco Games	340,533
24	PS3	Biohazard: Operation Raccoon City/Resident Evil: Operation Raccoon City	CAPCOM	338,889
25	3DS	Kingdom Hearts 3D [Dream Drop Distance] (Including Limited and Bundled Editions)	Square Enix	338,812
26	3DS	Tōsōchū: Shijō Saikyō no Hunter-tachi kara Nigekire!	Square Enix	337,472
27	Wii	Taiko no Tatsujin Wii Chō Gōka Han (Including Bundled Editions)	Namco Bandai Games	321,959
28	3DS	Shin Hikari Shinwa: Palutena no Kagami/Kid Icarus: Uprising	Nintendo	316,133
29	3DS	Inazuma Eleven GO 2: Chrono Stone Neppū/Raimei	Level 5	314,016
30	3DS	Biohazard: Revelations/Resident Evil: Revelations	CAPCOM	296,040

Hardware Sales

System	Sales in 2012	Sales to Date
PS2	59,108	21,833,215
PS3	1,223,697	8,860,082
PSP	899,625	19,453,023
Vita	690,835	1,130,820
Wii	475,615	12,638,836
Wii U	627,287	627,287
DSi	31,359	5,865,410
DSi LL (DSi XL)	37,610	2,331,929
3DS	3,407,369	7,689,512
3DS LL (3DS XL)	2,090,372	2,090,372
Xbox 360	77,786	1,613,832

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Didn't Animal Crossing New Leaf sell over 2 Million last year?

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Immortal on 26 January 2013

What this aptly demonstrates is that Nintendo needs to kill PS3 in Japan. Like now.

On another note, I can't believe Vita outsold Wii U this year. Just shows how ridiculous those Nintendo fanboys are. The Vita is about to explode; the Wii U, on the other hand...

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Immortal said:
What this aptly demonstrates is that Nintendo needs to kill PS3 in Japan. Like now.

On another note, I can't believe Vita outsold Wii U this year. Just shows how ridiculous those Nintendo fanboys are. The Vita is about to explode; the Wii U, on the other hand...

You're surprised that a system that was out for a full calander year outsold one that was available for a month..?

Not sure if serious or...

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C0LINx on 26 January 2013

Never mind. I thought AC crossed 2 million.

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Immortal said:
What this aptly demonstrates is that Nintendo needs to kill PS3 in Japan. Like now.

On another note, I can't believe Vita outsold Wii U this year. Just shows how ridiculous those Nintendo fanboys are. The Vita is about to explode; the Wii U, on the other hand...

WiiU's launch was incredibly front-loaded. It's fallen behind Vita's pace in Japan now, in weekly sales. I don't see that changing until a price cut

I'm not actually bothering with a serious argument, you know. Just trying my hand at trolling. :P

Anyway, do you really think I can't look at the numbers for myself? If we're comparing launch-aligned exactly, the Vita was being propped up by some strong releases for a few weeks at this point. And, if you'll notice, this effect doesn't last for long, with Vita hitting 10k pretty soon. Since Wii U's sales aren't temporarily propped up at the moment, it's unlikely to fall as low.

This is a little pointless considering I pretty much agree with you here, though. The fact that Wii U's pace is even comparable to Vita's at this point in time shows just how much trouble it's in.

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